Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Good morning peeps! Happy New Year's Eve Eve! LOL! I hope all who celebrated had a very festive Christmas!

We have a new challenge starting today at SHOPPING OUR STASH! Thrice as nice! What does that mean? We would like for you to create something using at least 3 patterned papers! Pretty simple, huh? Here's the card I made:

Here's the inside:

I saw this card by Melania Deasy, and knew I was going to CASE it. (Thank you Melania!) But instead of a Christmas card, I made a birthday card. I'm all Christmas carded out, so it was a nice change of pace to get back to making a birthday card. ☺

Ready to play along? Just use at least three patterned papers on your card/project and link it up at Shopping Our Stash! When you're there, check out what my teammies came up with to amaze and inspire you! Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a safe and Happy New Year!!

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Welcome back from the chaos that is Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends! Just one more celebration to get thru (NYE) and then you can sit back and relax. ☺

For our next challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS, we want you to use something in your crafty arsenal that you don't like! Have paper you can't stand? Use it! Some hideous embellishments? Use them! (Just let us know what it is!) Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

My 'yuck' item is this card kit I won a few years ago. I found it buried at the bottom of one of my paper collection piles. (yeah, I have a few piles. I may be a paper hoarder. *cough cough *) I really don't like the colors or the homespun look of this kit. Sorry. But it was a quick card to make with all pieces included, so there ya go. ☺

Now it's your turn to create something with a 'yucky' item(s) from your stash! Be sure to link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can see it. Please also check out what my Sisters and our newest Guest Designer, Veerle, have created for your viewing pleasure! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day! Happy New Year all!

Happy Saturday and welcome to another fun challenge at JUST US GIRLS! This week is photo week and Nancy is your Hostess! She found this very fun picture to inspire you:

You may think that I would have gone with the obvious and used a bunch of circles and at least one elephant on my card. But nooooo, not me. I'm a rebel that way! LOL! I did use the colors though. That's what I was inspired by looking at this pic. See what I mean?

Here's the inside:

I don't own any pink ink pads, so I simply did some second generation stamping with a red ink pad. Wah-la! Pink ink! It seems like all I've been making the last couple of months are holiday themed cards, so it was a nice change of pace to actually get back to making birthday cards. Good thing too. My stash of birthday cards is sadly lacking. ☺

I hope you find some time between taking advantage of all those after Christmas steals and deals to play along! LOL! Just link up your card or project at Just of Girls! We want to see it! While there, please check out the projects my teammates, and our December Guest Designer, Lee Ann Barrett, have created for your viewing pleasure. Remember that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our challenges in December, you'll be in the running for our Guest Designer for February! How cool is that?!

Thanks for hanging out and I hope you have a great day. Stay crafty, my friends!

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Hello and good morning all! It's color week at JUST US GIRLS! Ina is your hostess this week and she found this gorgeous picture to inspire you:

Don't be alarmed that there are five colors. We want you to use a minimum of three of them, but you can use all five if you want. I tried to incorporate all five into my card:

Here's the inside:

I stamped the image onto water color paper, then used a water pen and distress inks to color it. Some of the colors bled into others, but that's ok - this is art peeps! LOL! After everything was adhered, I added Stickles to all the ornaments and the star for some sparkle. ☺

I hope you get the chance to play along! Simply link up your card at Just Us Girls! While there, please be sure to leave some bloggy love for my teammies, and our December Guest Designer, Lee Ann Barrett! Remember that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of the December challenges, you will be in the running to be our Guest Designer for February!

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Red Alert? What does that mean? Well, this week over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, the challenge is for you to use the color RED in your design. Keep in mind, we don't mean for you to slap a red rhinestone on your project and call it done. NOOOOO, we want to see a lot of red on your creation. Also, with Christmas getting close, this will be a two week challenge! Here's what I came up with:

Here's the inside:

This was so fast to create. A card base, a bit of DP (the sheet music), and a dimensional Santa sticker. A stamped sentiment on the inside and BOOM! Done! The Santa sticker is all glittery on his beard, white trim and the snowflakes, but for some reason it didn't want to sparkle when I took my pictures. I'm still itching to add something, anything, to this card. It's so CAS! Where are my beloved layers?! GAH!

Anywhooo, if you are in need of making those last minute Christmas cards, this is the challenge for you! Just link up your card or project at Shopping Our Stash so we can see it. ☺ While there, why not check out what my teammies created and please leave them some bloggy love! I hope you all have a joyous and wonderful Christmas! Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Seriously, this couldn't be a surprise to you, considering it's the Sisterhood, and we just had a profanity challenge. A naughty Christmas card/project was a given! LOL! Here's the card I made. Warning: Sexual content. If you have the kiddies around, you may want to send them away for a bit:

You've been warned:

Here's the inside....

Yep. that's right. I went there! LOL! And see what I did there? The background paper has stockings on it! Buahahaha! I had the sentiment in my head, but needed the right image to go with it. Luckily, The Stamping Chef came to the rescue! This was so much fun to color. I went over the trim with diamond stickles and added Glossy Accents to the ornament. I think I might add 'Happy Birthday' to the inside and give this to Andy for his birthday card. (He's a Christmas Eve baby!) LOL!

Ready to play along? Go and let your freak flag fly! Just make sure you link up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can see it! Please do check out what my Sistahs and our newest guest designer came up with to make you blush and laugh out loud! You won't be disappointed!

Hiya friends! We have a fun new challenge at JUST US GIRLS! Maria is our hostess this week and the trend she picked is mixed media!

I have to admit, I was a little nervous about this. I love to look at all the incredible mixed media art out there, but it's not something that I would normally get into. But, what's a challenge if it doesn't do just that - challenge you! So here is my lame attempt at mixed media:

the inside:

I used 3 colors of Distress Inks to create my ombre background, then spritzed water on it. (my water spritzer drips blobs of water rather than spritzes. Might be time to get a new one. ☺) After that dried, I spritzed pearl Glimmer Mist over it. The picture below shows the shimmer a little. (sort of maybe)

Once that was dry, I got out a stencil and embossing paste to make the falling snow. For the rest, I stamped the snowman, fussy cut hills, embossing two of them, and stamped the sentiment on the third one. Went over the edges with DI and adhered with foam squares.

I have to say, this was a lot of fun to make, and I think I'll be making some more mixed media cards soon. ☺

Now it's your turn! Link up your project at Just Us Girls! Please be sure to check out what my teammies, and our December Guest Designer, Lee Ann Barrett, made for your viewing pleasure! Remember, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our December challenges, you will be in the running for our Guest Designer for the month of February! Cool Beans!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Hello and welcome back to another fun challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This go around, we want you to create something using your favorite technique! (Don't forget to tell us what it is!) It probably won't be a surprise to know that I went with the chalkboard effect on my card. I can't help it - I LOVE the look of it, and it's so fun to do!

and the inside:

Now that Thanksgiving is done, I'm in full Christmas-card-making-mode! (You'll be seeing a lot of them for a while! I'm sure I'm not the only one out there! HA!)

Ready to play along? Sure you are! Link up your card or project at Shopping Our Stash so we can see it. And if you have the time, please check out the fabulous creations my teammates made to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a fantastic day!

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Good morning crafty peeps! Sue V. is our hostess this week at JUST US GIRLS, It's Word Week, and she picked one that is perfect for this time of year! And that word is:

Ooooh! Sparkle! I love sparkly things! Especially on cards, so here's what I made:

Here's the inside:

I made the background panel using a stencil and Distress Ink. I took a bit of green glitter paper, cut a curve in it and adhered on top of that. (and used the other piece on the inside! Woot!) Once I stamped the sentiment, I went back over all the swirls with diamond Stickles. Yep. SPARKLY!!

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Be sure to link up your card or project at Just Us Girls! While there, check out the gorgeous creations that my teammates, and our December guest designer, Lee Ann Barrett, have made! WOW! Also, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our challenges in December, you will be in the running as Guest Designer for the month of February!

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I'm married to my wonderful husband Andy and a stay at home "Mom" to my Golden Retriever, Colby. I like hiking, and curling up with a good book, but I really love to create in my craft room!. I started out scrapbooking in 2007, but since I discovered card making, I've become obsessed with it! Hope you enjoy my little world! I'm also known as Chrispylou on SCS.

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